Covid‑19 is highly relevant in 2020; among other things, it is attracting new global socio-communicative and linguistic research. Scholars are addressing the linguistic response to the social and psychological situation in different countries in the era of coronavirus. Thus, the Editorial Board has created a forum for specialists to communicate (in writing), one which makes it possible to provide information about their sources on Covid‑19 and illustrate theoretical materials. The participants chose to analyse different aspects of language during the pandemic; medical terminology and its relevant vocabulary were the same for all countries. The conversation goes beyond the scope of linguistics, as it is important for the researchers to characterise measures taken by governments to combat Covid‑19 and the public’s reaction to them as reflected through language. Additionally, the authors focus on spontaneous linguistic responses to the pandemic in the form of language games, metaphors, and references to historical memory of combatting disasters. The pandemic has also caused long-standing forms of speech communication to change. Researchers from different European countries have took part: Arto Mustajoki (University of Helsinki, Finland; National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia), Nadezjda Zorikhina Nilsson (Stockholm University, Sweden), Rafael Guzmán Tirado (University of Granada, Spain), Anna Tous-Rovirosa and Daria Dergacheva (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain). The conversation was moderated by Irina Vepreva and Tatiana Itskovich (Ural Federal University Yekaterinburg, Russia).

В статье представлен обзор материалов лингвокультурологического характера, опубликованных в последние годы в научном журнале «Русистика» (прежнее название: «Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Русский и иностранные языки и методика их преподавания»). Автор обращает внимание на историю возникновения, становление и развитие термина «лингвокультурология», основные подходы к её изучению. Анализ опубликованных в журнале материалов позволяет автору выделить статьи в рамках сравнительной, когнитивной, прикладной лингвокультурологии, лингвокультурологии этноса, субэтноса, лингвокультурного подхода к анализу значения культурного кода, выявлению специфики национальной вербализации представлений об окружающей языковую личность картине мира. В ряде публикаций отражена прикладная сфера лингвокультурологии, в той или иной степени связанная с лингвострановедением. Ставится вопрос использования лингвокультурологического подхода в процессе написания учебных пособий для студентов-билингвов, при исследовании языковых единиц разного уровня, места и роли русского языка в аспекте кодов лингвокультурологии. Представленные в журнале материалы, по мнению автора, освещают широкий спектр лингвокультурологических исследований, обогащают лингвокультурологию в теоретическом и практическом аспектах. Ключевые слова: лингвокультурология, лингвострановедение, язык, культура, культурный код, концепт, лингвокультурологический подход The article presents a review of linguocultural materials published in recent years in the scientific journal "Russian Language Studies" (in the past it was called "The Bulletin of Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. Series: Russian and Foreign Languages Research and Teaching"). The author concentrates on the concept of "linguoculturology", its origin, development and the main approaches to its study.

This article is dedicated to some aspects of translation of vocabulary with a cultural component (realia, idioms, metaphors, comparisons, etc.). In the frame of our Spanish translation of Evgeny Vodolazkin's novel Aviator are analyzed some issues of literary translation of this kind of words. This translation (first Evgeny Vodolazkin's work translated to this language), financed by a a grant of the Institute of Translation in Moscow, was published in November 2018. When answering the question which instruments have the translator to make possible the transfer of words with a cultural component from one language to another and whether it is possible to convey cultural realities without losing a significant share of sense, our research shows with a rich variety of examples taken from Aviator that the translation text does not always create the same effect and does not always have the same emotional effect on the recipient, since vocabulary with a cultural component is closely related to the culture and language of the realities of the text culture. In the article shows some of the strategies, used by the translator to translate these words and how the cultural factor and the lack of prior knowledge create great difficulties, requiring more attention from the translator and serious operational intervention in the literary text he works with. АннотацияСтатья посвящена некоторым аспектам перевода лексики с культурным компонентом (реалии, идиомы, метафоры, сравнения и др.). На материале перевода романа Евгения Водолазкина «Авиатор» на испанский язык анализируются вопросы художественного перевода такого рода слов. Этот

Introduction. The problem of preserving and protecting the native language today is one of the main ones facing any people thinking about their future in the conditions of globalization, European economic integration and a modern multinational and multi-confessional state. The purpose of this article is to examine the internal processes of the destruction of the status of a single official language as a link between the country and the analysis of the discriminatory status of the Spanish language in modern Spain and the prediction of the consequences of such discrimination of language policy, as well as a comparative analysis of the language situation in Spain and Russia. Materials and Methods. This section specifies what has served as material for the analysis and describes the research techniques used. The object of the study is the Spanish language as the official language of the Kingdom of Spain, its role and its changes in the regions in the process of political processes over the past decades. Comparative- historical and typological research methods are used, as well as methods of observation, analysis, modeling. Results. This is the main section, which aims to confirm or reject a working hypothesis (or hypotheses) by means of analysis, synthesis and elucidation of data. The reasons for the unbalanced state of the language situation in Spain, as well as the negative consequences of the language policy pursued by the government, are analyzed. Practical recommendations have been developed to overcome the existing critical problems in the field of the country's language policy, based on the Russian example. Discussion and Conclusion. In this part, the results are to be briefly summarized and the main directions for further research indicated. The results presented in the article contribute to the scientific understanding of the problem of the status of the state official language in modern Spain. They contribute to the development of awareness of the seriousness and danger of the problem. If we Spaniards do not realize the seriousness of what is happening and do not force the government, the opposition and all legitimate parties to respond to this critical situation, then the future of the Spanish language and the Spaniards themselves in Spain seems pessimistic, since we will be foreigners in our beautiful country.